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    DAILY GROWING: AUBREY ATWATER LIVE IN THE CLASSROOM (1999)
    Especially for Kids! Solo recording of traditional songs sung by Aubrey Atwater in England with school children. This is a live project performed solo by Aubrey Atwater during a six-day residency in schools in London, England. Aubrey is accompanied by singing children on many of the cuts of traditional American and Celtic folk songs which will appeal to all ages, including adults. Instruments include mountain dulcimer, guitar, and banjo. This delightful recording is educational and full of humor.

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The Fox
Traditional
The first printed version of "The Fox", from England, is thought to be over 700 years old.

lyrics

The fox went out one starry night
He prayed to the moon for to give him light
For he’d many a mile to go that night
Before he reached the town-o,
Town-o, town-o
He’d many a mile to go that night
Before he reached the town-o

He ran til he came to a great big pen
Where the ducks & the geese were kept therein
He said, "A couple of you will grease my chin
Before I leave this town-o"
Town-o, town-o
A couple of you will grease my chin
Before I leave this town-o

So he grabbed the gray goose ‘round the neck
And threw an old duck across his back
And he didn't mind the quack, quack, quack
And the legs all dangling down-o
Down-o, down-o
He didn't mind the quack, quack, quack
And the legs all dangling down-o

Then old mother Brown jumped out of her bed
And out of the window she popped her head
Crying, "John, John the gray goose is gone
And the fox is on the town-o"
Town-o, town-o
John, John the gray goose is gone
And the fox is on the town-o

So John he climbed to the top of the hill
And he blew his horn both loud and shrill
And the fox said, "I better flee with my kill
For soon they'll be on my trail-o"
Trail-o, trail-o
The fox said, "I better flee with my kill
For soon they'll be on my trail-o."

He ran til he came to his cozy den
And there were the little ones eight, nine, ten
They said, "Daddy, you better go back again.
It must be a mighty fine town-o"
Town-o, town-o
"Daddy, you better go back again.
It must be a mighty fine town-o."

So the fox and his wife without and strife
Cut up the goose with a fork and knife
And they never had such a supper in their life
And the little ones chewed on the bones-o,
Bones-o, bones-o
They never had such a supper in their life
And the little ones chewed on the bones-o

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from Daily Growing 1999, released May 9, 1999
Aubrey Atwater: vocals, banjo

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Aubrey Atwater and Elwood Donnelly, present delightful programs of traditional American and Celtic folk songs, a capella pieces, old-time gospel songs, dance tunes, and original works, blending gorgeous harmonies with guitar, Appalachian mountain dulcimer, mandolin, tin whistle, harmonica, banjo, bones, spoons, limberjacks, and Appalachian clog dancing and French Canadian footwork. ... more

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